Last week, I participated in a panel discussion at the Wharton School on the effects of social networks on technology and business strategy. Here is a wrap-up of what I heard...
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Archive for May, 2009
Wrap-up: Business and Technology Strategy Changes in the Age of Social Networks
Big Web 2.0 Technology Challenges: Cross-Platform Media Management
In the Web 2.0 world, members of your community can upload media from any platform. This creates a literal nightmare managing CODECs across platforms. In this post, I discuss why YouTube is a greater technological achievement than Hulu--even though I enjoy Hulu much more...
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Preview: Business and Technology Strategy Changes in the Age of Social Networks
On May 22, Steve Ennen, Managing Director, Wharton Interactive Media Initiative will be moderating a panel discussion on the business and strategy in the Age of Social Networks. Here is some food for thought to those planning to attend...
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The Best Architecture Document in History
In 2000, AOL's Chief Technology Officer held an offsite for all of the Chief Architects from AOL, Netscape, CompuServe, ICQ and MapQuest (this was before the closure of the merger with Time Warner. After he posed a question to all of us, "What do you think was the best architecture document in history?"...
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Using Gov 2.0 to Meet the Obama Administration’s Requirements for Transparency & Open Government
On January 27, 2009, President Obama issued his third executive order and memorandum requiring transparency and open government. This can best be achieved not by simple adoption of technology but instead by application of social media strategies to existing modes of public engagement at the state, local and federal levels...
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Big Web 2.0 Technology Challenges: Utility-class Scaling of Dynamic Data
In the Web 1.0 world could use different approaches to scale static and dynamic data. This does not translate well into a Web 2.0 world where most content is dynamic (i.e., user-generated content) that can come from ANYWHERE…
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ELAvate Win’s Best Social Networking Platform by SIIA
I know this post is a little more promotional than my standard posts. However, the SIIA just validated (again) the business and technical design principles I often speak about at The Corner Office...
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